This week's Atherton Online features: 

• Improving traffic signals along Middlefield Road 
• Meet Leon Douglass (1869-1940), Atherton's Inventor 
• Advice from the Humane Society on finding lost pets
• Hop into summer with the Friends of the Atherton Community Library
• Celebrate Bike Month with the Town!

Improving Traffic Signals Along Middlefield Road

The Town, in cooperation with Menlo Park, was awarded grant funding and support from the Metropolitan Transportation Commission to review and update the signal timing and coordination along Middlefield Road from Marsh Road to Ringwood Avenue. Starting the week of May 15, the Town's signal maintenance contractor, Cal-West, will begin implementing the recommended timing changes. Thank you for taking time to drive carefully along Middlefield Road. These signal improvements aim to improve traffic for drivers, cyclists, and pedestrians. 

Celebrating Atherton's 100th Birthday

The Town of Atherton turns 100 on September 12, 2023. You'll want to save the date for two celebrations: 

• September 12, 2023: Special Town Council meeting on September 12, 2023. Residents are invited to join the Town for a screening of a centennial video celebration and cake. 
• September 24, 2023: Centennial Celebration at Town Center with exhibits, food, family activities, and tree giveaway

Leading up to those celebrations, each week in the Atherton Online, we are featuring icons, places, and historical moments that have made this Town the vibrant community that it is today. This week, the Town's Inventor, Leon Douglass is featured. View it here: https://www.ci.atherton.ca.us/DocumentCenter/View/11045/Centennial---Leon-Douglass-2?bidId= 

Hop Into Summer 

The Friends of Atherton Community Library would like to invite you, your family, and friends to come celebrate the newest addition to our Atherton library community, our bronze Toad Sculpture, commissioned by the Friends to celebrate our new library facilities by welcoming readers of all ages into the wonderful world of exploration through literature. 

The Toad Sculpture Dedication and Celebration Party will be on June 15, 2023 starting at 4:00 PM and staying hopping through Sounds of Summer ending at 7:30 PM. The brief sculpture dedication will be followed by an amazing Toad Party which will include the following fun activities for all ages:

• Slime Zoo
• Toad Craft Project
• Toad Sensory Bin
• Toad Book Giveaway
• Storytime
• Lots of fun games!

Come prepared to get slimy, be silly, hop like a toad, and have some fun! 

Celebrate Bike Month with the Town

May is for Bike Month and Bike to Wherever Days. Whether you bike every day or once every couple of months — to work, to school, errands, the hills — join with us and Silicon Valley Bike Coalition in joyful celebration of the humble bicycle with events, rides, classes, fun Energizer Stations for support, swag and Bike Blast parties. Bring friends and family. For more information and to pledge to ride on May 18, 19, and 20, visit Silicon Valley Bike Coalition's Eventbrite here. 

The Atherton Library is also in on the fun this Bike Month! Check out their showcase of bicycle stunts with the BMX Freestyle team on Friday, May 19 at 3:30 PM, and get a free bike inspection on Saturday, May 20 from 11:30 AM to 4:30 PM. Register for both events here: https://smcl.org/blogs/post/bike-to-your-library-weekend-2023/

Did you know? 

The San Carlos Airport has a series of fun summer activities to celebrate the 25th Anniversary of their Hiller Aviation Museum. Check out the Biggest Little Air Show and all of their events on their website here: https://www.hiller.org/event/biggest-little-airshow/